Self-report quality of life measure for people with schizophrenia: the SQLS.
BACKGROUND: Quality of life is the subject of growing interest and investigation. AIMS: To develop and validate a short, self-report quality of life questionnaire (the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale, SQLS). METHOD: People with schizophrenia in Liverpool were recruited via the NHS. Items, genera...
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| author | Wilkinson, G Hesdon, B Wild, D Cookson, R Farina, C Sharma, V Fitzpatrick, R Jenkinson, C |
| author_facet | Wilkinson, G Hesdon, B Wild, D Cookson, R Farina, C Sharma, V Fitzpatrick, R Jenkinson, C |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Quality of life is the subject of growing interest and investigation. AIMS: To develop and validate a short, self-report quality of life questionnaire (the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale, SQLS). METHOD: People with schizophrenia in Liverpool were recruited via the NHS. Items, generated from in-depth interviews, were developed into an 80-item self-report questionnaire. Data were factor analysed, and a shorter form measure was tested for reliability and validity. This measure was administered together with other self-report measures--SF-36, GHQ-12 and HADS--to assess validity. RESULTS: Data were analysed to produce a final 30-item questionnaire, comprising three scales ('psychosocial', 'motivation and energy', and 'symptoms and side-effects') addressing different SQLS dimensions. Internal consistency reliability of the scale was found to be satisfactory. There was a high level of association with relevant SF-36, GHQ-12 and HADS scores. CONCLUSIONS: The SQLS was completed within 5-10 minutes. It possesses internal reliability and construct validity, and promises to be a useful tool for the evaluation of new treatment regimes for people with schizophrenia. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:255cadc3-8ba6-413a-8efa-1a04926bbdb32022-03-26T11:55:12ZSelf-report quality of life measure for people with schizophrenia: the SQLS.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:255cadc3-8ba6-413a-8efa-1a04926bbdb3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2000Wilkinson, GHesdon, BWild, DCookson, RFarina, CSharma, VFitzpatrick, RJenkinson, CBACKGROUND: Quality of life is the subject of growing interest and investigation. AIMS: To develop and validate a short, self-report quality of life questionnaire (the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale, SQLS). METHOD: People with schizophrenia in Liverpool were recruited via the NHS. Items, generated from in-depth interviews, were developed into an 80-item self-report questionnaire. Data were factor analysed, and a shorter form measure was tested for reliability and validity. This measure was administered together with other self-report measures--SF-36, GHQ-12 and HADS--to assess validity. RESULTS: Data were analysed to produce a final 30-item questionnaire, comprising three scales ('psychosocial', 'motivation and energy', and 'symptoms and side-effects') addressing different SQLS dimensions. Internal consistency reliability of the scale was found to be satisfactory. There was a high level of association with relevant SF-36, GHQ-12 and HADS scores. CONCLUSIONS: The SQLS was completed within 5-10 minutes. It possesses internal reliability and construct validity, and promises to be a useful tool for the evaluation of new treatment regimes for people with schizophrenia. |
| spellingShingle | Wilkinson, G Hesdon, B Wild, D Cookson, R Farina, C Sharma, V Fitzpatrick, R Jenkinson, C Self-report quality of life measure for people with schizophrenia: the SQLS. |
| title | Self-report quality of life measure for people with schizophrenia: the SQLS. |
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